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At the time of the American founding, “commerce” (or, more specifically, “interstate commerce”) was a far more rudimentary concept than we understand it to be today. The most prevalent form of interstate commerce was waterborne commerce; thus, early court cases and legislative action dealt primarily with trade on navigable waters or with port and harbor regulation issues.2 Disputes also arose over agricultural trade, bridge and highway policy, taxation of goods in transit, and routine border controversies.
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Thierer, A.D. (2001). Federalism and Commercial Regulation. In: Racheter, D.P., Wagner, R.E. (eds) Federalist Government in Principle and Practice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1395-7_7
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